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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



A PH. 1. 



picking up somp, rare and beautiful sliells, we 

 continued our journey, no houses in sigiit, no 

 liuman lieings; a herd of cattle and a band of 

 horses were enjoying the surf along the beach. 

 That was all the lifcMuanifest. IJefore we had 

 lost sight of the horses, howi^vcr, a band of 

 vaquei'os came around a point, and came to- 

 ward us ui)on a swinging gallop. Our p(;rmit, 

 however, gave us an easy feciling. and we were 

 gratified to see them make for thc^ herd of hoi-ses 

 instead of us. Tiie roads we traveled tiiis day 

 were liilly and stony, and led tiirough long 

 winding and guttcsred canyons, apparently little 

 work(Hi and little used. At nieht we camped 

 near the seashon;, and dame Nature kept us 

 company by dashing the spray of the rolling 

 breakers at our feet; and their incessant thun- 

 dering lulled us to sle(;p. Ahl wasn't that a 

 grand place to camp? no Mexicans to bother us, 

 and just over th(i line on Uncle .Sam's domain. 



Near our camp was posu^d a very peculiar 

 notice — peculiar in being posted where the 

 ocean spray could often strike it. It read as 

 follows: '• Hunting wood and honey is strictly 

 forbidden." It is supposahle and probable 

 that wood is often thrown up hen; on the shore; 

 but it seems a queer place to hunt honey in 

 nothing but sandl)anks, but. nevertheless, it is 

 a fact that hundreds of wild swarms find a 

 home in places along the shore, and owners of 

 the land take this method of warning trespass- 

 ers away. It would be interesting to know 

 how many swarms annually get beyond land in 

 their westward flight, and are swallowed up in 

 the waves of the ocean. Even at that time of 

 the year (October) many swarms were migrat- 

 ing; and l)efore camping we found a larg(! 

 swarm on a bush by the roadside, presumably a 

 starvation swarm. 



The coast near our camp had a tine gravelly 

 beach, but it was evidently a dangerous place; 

 for bathing, from the terrific undertow. Asoui' 

 canteen of friish water had become somi'what 

 reduced, I thought it would be just tin(; to take; 

 my morning wash in the Pacific Ocean. With 

 washdish in hand I proceeded to dip up some 

 water; but I found that a breaker spread out so 

 quickly and so thin that there's nothing to dip. 

 Not to be cheated out of my wash, I followed 

 the breaker down almost V.i ft., when it reced- 

 ed; and, witli the (;dge of my vvashdish. I dug 

 a hob; in the sand and ran up the b(;ach ahead 

 of the next foaming breaker. In a minute, 

 back it went, leaving a fine pool of water in my 

 excavation. Kinding th(; wat(;r full of sand I 

 allowed it to setth;, and forgot for an instant 

 the next returning breaker: and, before I could 

 get out of Us way, it polittOy helped me to land, 

 and actually roared a sort of hoarse laugh as it 

 swirled into the deep again. I looked up from 

 my wet condition, expecting Hro. Uaiis<Mi to 

 shout., " Well, who's a kicking?" but liis mind 

 was intent on cooking, and he had not seen my 

 encounter witii the Pacific. Thongii somewhat 

 wet, I tri(;d the trick again, and obtained tlu; 

 water and washed deliglitfully. Tlie sketch 

 will give a fair idea of the situation, also show- 

 ing the warning to trespassers. 



We broke camp in the; cool of the morning. 

 and the diniu;r hour found us back at National 

 City, in Mr. Hansen's free and easy bachelor's 

 quarters. Our trip had consumed ten days: 

 and,thougii we had been living a sort of gipsy 

 life, we returned with health in every pore of 

 our bodies. Our intercourse with our bee-keep- 

 ing friends had been pleasant, and we felt as 

 though we had done some good missionary work 

 for the Bee-keepers' Union. Not feeling much 

 tht; necessity of rest, we went over to San Diego 

 that afternoon, and in an interview witii Mr. 

 Harbison will next be found Mr. Han.s<'n and 

 the Ramui.ki!. 



HUMBUGS AND SWINDLES. 



SKM.ING ISEC'IPES FOR DOINO THINGS. 



Some time ago one of our correspondents 

 .sent us a lot of circulars. The largest circular 

 told about wonderful recipes wortli immense 

 sums of money, to be sold at enormous (?) dis- 

 count (!) — among them the great butter recipe, 

 worth $1().(K). Most of you hav(^ doubtless 

 heard of it. The whole of the milk, just as it 

 comes from the cow, is, by a trick of chemistry, 

 to be convened into solid gilt-edged butter. 

 The circular says: " Any one can make butter 

 at a cost of }i cent a pound, which I guarantee 

 to be fully as good as pure cream butter, and 

 much healthier. Price postpaid. .*10.(Ki." Then 

 thei'e is a way to keep fruit, without sealing it. 

 It says: "I pay II. (XJ a gallon for all fruit 

 that does not keep when ))Ut up according to 

 recipe;" to make cider without apjiles; to 

 cure rheumatism, toothaciie, neuralgia; to 

 make buttermilk yeast; to preserve meats, milk, 

 fish, etc., withoutsalt; to purify lard; a recipe to 

 make hens lay "continuously the year round;"' 

 to keep vegetables; to make soap without lye 

 or grease; washing-fluid; jellies without fruit, 

 " twice as healtliy. four times as pretty, and 

 can be made in 40 different flavors.'" And last, 

 butnotleastof interest to the readers of Glean- 

 ings, how to make artificial honey — some that 

 nobody can tell from bees' honey, and some that 

 costs only f) cents a i)ound. In explaining the 

 matter, the vender kindly informs us that it is 

 an awful bother to get lioney by keeping bees; 

 they sting folks, and you have to work out in 

 th(;lu)tsun; you must watch them everyday, 

 ami a good many times they get lazy and do not 

 make honey even then. Tliese valuable recipes 

 all together would, if bought singly, cost .SO or 

 40 dollars; but if you buv the lot you can have 

 the whole grist for only .flO.OO. Along with 

 this lil)eral proi)Osal comes a little slip on which 

 a poor woman tells us that, if we will send to 

 her for the recipes, she will send the " hull lot'" 

 for only ,?.■> cts.; and there is a postscript at the 

 bottom where she says she will throw in a song- 

 book besides, which is alone worth a great deal 

 more than the :.'.') cts. Another postscript says 

 she is a poor woman working hard to support 

 iu-r family; and if you send her ;i.'i cts., it will 

 be helping the v/idow and the fatherless. Did 

 anybody ever before hear of such a pile of prop- 

 erty (?) lumped off at such a fearful sacrifice? 

 And, after all is said and done, you get a song- 

 book too. and help the widow and fatherless 

 "to boot." Why. it is more than human na- 

 ture can stand; and so I just threw things 

 around until I got :.'.5 cts. put into an envel- 

 ope and started oft. Days passed while I was 

 waiting in breathless suspense; yes, and some 

 more days passed; and after I had given up all 

 hope, and almost forgot my disappointment in 

 doing something else (riding my wheel, for in- 

 stance), a little bit of better, written on a 

 scrap of paper printed on the other side, came 

 to hand, saying that this worthy woman had 

 been off on a trip to Florida, and, of course. .s7i.e 

 could not fill my ordei' till she got back. The 

 enveloue contained tlie recipes; but that won- 

 derful song-book was to come after a while 

 from lioston. Our friend who .sells the recipes, 

 and solicits help for lier family, lives in Kewa- 

 nee, Mississippi. Now. would you like to know 

 about these printed recipes worth .'50 or 40 dol- 

 lars ? We can not afford to take space to give 

 all in Gleanings, but we will give you just 

 two, verlxftini et literaiim — the butter recipe 

 and the honey recipe. Here they are: 



ORKAT UlTTTER KECIPE. 



3 ounces of Gum Arabic; 1 ounce of Alum; 3.') 

 grains of Pepsin, Powder uj) fine and mix well. 



